RE: Variables

> What i want to acheve is:
> 
> if i have the following xml node i.e.
> 
> <><><><><<><><><><><<><><><><<><><><><><
> <names option1="john" option2="peter"/> 
> <><><><><<><><><><><<><><><><<><><><><><
> 
> First of all check if the attribute "option1" exists(How do i 
> do this?), it's not a must it will be there. And if it does, 
> set the variable x = 400 - ( No.of option1 * 10 )
> 
> Given that the variable had been declared earlier.

No, that's not what you want to achieve. That's the method you want to
use to achieve it, which won't work. You've already been told that you
are going to have to change your procedural thinking to solve this
problem. Now tell us what the problem is: what are the inputs and
outputs to your transformation, and how are they related?

Michael Kay
Software AG
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